Cupboard or kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.)

W. T. MCCLURE.

GUPBARD 0R KITCHEN CABINET.

Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

` WITNESS f llNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM THOMAS MCCLURE, OF BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.

CUPBOARD OR KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,701, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed August 28, 1884. Serial No. 141,690.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, W. THOMAS MCGLURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blue Ridge Springs, in the county of Botetourt and.

and iiues for conducting the heat from a lamp' through the cupboard or cabinet, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View in perspective of a kitchencabinet without doors with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates akitchen-cabinet provided at each end with a receptacle, B, for the reception of an ordinary lamp, C. As seen in Fig. 3-left side of the figure-a bracket may be employed in lieu of the receptacle B7 if desired; but the receptacle is preferable, as there is less danger from tire or accident where the receptacle is used. The receptacle B may be secured to the ends of the cabinet, near the bottom of the same, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or the receptacles or brackets, as the case may be, may be placed beneath the bottom shelf ofthe cupboard or cabinet, as shown in Fig. 3, without departing from the invention. rIhe receptacles are preferable, as with them there is less liability of accident but the brackets are cheaper, and with ordinary care are perfectly safe.

Leading from the receptacles B B are short pipes or tlues C, which connect with the lower ends of vertical dues D D, which pass up through the shelves of the cupboard or cabinet, as the case may be, and project through the top of the same, where they are provided with hoods E, to prevent smoking of the walls of the room.

Where the brackets F are employed, they (No model.)

are placed beneath the lower shelf of the cupboard or cabinet, as the case may be, and the tlues are extended below the lower shelf, as shown in Fig. 3. The receptacles may be placed below the lower shelf, if desired, as is shown in Fig. 3, and the vertical iiues be counected directly therewith.

By the employment ot' either construction the temperature of the cupboard or cabinet may be so regulated by the employment of ordinary lamps as to prevent the contents of the cupboard or cabinet from freezing in cold weather. The iiues may be made of tin or other suitable metal. The lamp is placed in the receptacle outside of the cupboard, and will not affect the atmosphere within the cupboard by its odor, and this arrangement is therefore adapted to prevent any desired article from freezing when placed in the cupboard or cabinet. The fines are made in sections, in order that they may be readily inserted and removed with ease when it is necessary to clean them. The device is cheap, simple, and effective in operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, f

what I claim as new, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination, with a cupboard, of fines passing through the same, and lamp-receptacles arranged to support lamps, with their chimneys in communication with said dues, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a kitchencabinet having hot-air and smoke fines passed from the bottom through the shelves and out at the top of the same, of a lamp -receptacle con1- municating with said fines, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a cupboard or kitchen-cabinet, of hotair and smoke fines, and a lamp-receptacle below the bottom shelf of said cupboard or cabinet, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM THOMAS McCLUR-E.

Vitnesses:

A. W. WiLLmirs, I. lV. NEAL. 

